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Example 23-89
be hem i karem bigfala spes tumas
be
but
hem
3sg
i
agr
karem
take
bigfala
big
spes
space
tumas
very
But he's taken too much space.
Comment:
This could also be interpreted as present 'He takes up [...]'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meyerhoff nd
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
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